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In article <4ct35l$3lc@natasha.rmii.com>, mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon) says:
>: I use generic NCR PCI controllers running NT, Win95, and WFW.  However the
>: IDE EZ on an EIDE card seems to get the best results.  Like I said I
>: believe the ZIPs performance will not compare well against the EZ.  If your
>
>No, it won't, but if you're looking for speed you should probably look 
>beyond the EZ and get a system with a much faster drive and higher 
>capacity. I see the EZ as a drive that's 'average' as far as being an all 
>out removable hard drive storage system and 'average' as far as a rugged 
>data transport system. I think the Zip is 'lacking' when you talk about a 
>hard drive replacement, but it *excels* as a transport system.
>
I bought the EZ drive because it was fast AND cheap, unlike the other removable
hard drive alternatives.  What is it with you Zip guys?  Apparently you don't
want us EZ owners to have our cake and eat it too.

Let me just elaborate on why (for me) the EZ was a good choice over the Zip drive.
I'm a programmer.  I like to work on my projects at both home and at work.  My
projects are about 10 - 15 MBytes each and I have about 3-6 going at a time with
some additional multimedia files total 20+ MBytes.  With the EZ drive, I can carry
one disk between work and home and I don't have to do anything but pop the disk
in and out of the drive once per day.  I compile my programs and run them right
off the drive.  The EZ drive was CHEAP $170-$230 depending on SCSI or IDE and I've
needed to purchase several drives.  I did't want to spend 3-4X that amount for
the drives and 3-6X for the media.  The ZIP drive was too slow, so the EZ was
the only option I had.  If there was no EZ drive, then I would have opted for the
Zip and transfered my projects on and off the hard drive everyday.  I don't have
a problem with the Zip, it makes a great BIG!! floppy and I would certainly
recommend it to others, as long as performance (read Speed) is not an issue.

John Anderson